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The Outfit
Why this pick
A lean, unflashy revenge picture built around professional criminals, terse exchanges, and the same patient sense of an underworld governed by practical rules.
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MOVIE1973 1h 42m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Eddie Coyle is an aging delivery truck driver for a bakery. After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Mitchell Ryan
Waters
Kevin O'Morrison
Bank manager #2
Margaret Ladd
Andrea
Matthew Cowles
Pete
Helena Carroll
Sheila Coyle
Robert Mitchum
Eddie "Fingers" Coyle
Peter Boyle
Dillon
Richard Jordan
Dave Foley